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The Reserve Mines Fire Department in Cape Breton was on its way to winning $5,000 in a Facebook contest when the chief noticed something he liked even more.
Jeff Aucoin said his crew planned to use the contest cash to buy new equipment. They'd been fundraising for a year, but the extra money would have helped.
But then he saw a lesser-liked photo from the Smith's Cove Fire Department in southern Nova Scotia.
"We saw a post from the department that was in second place, Smith's Cove, telling us their story about not having proper turnout equipment and really struggling with funding," said Aucoin...
..."I'm super excited. Our whole department is. It'll get us two new sets of gear," Brinton said. "It's pushing eight or nine years, most of it."
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How very Canadian. It's a shame we can't even fund our fire departments properly.